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Note my original post:
good quality managers
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It's a fair point. Ole got time because he was a club legend and the fans liked (loved?) him. Moyes was drinking from the most poisoned chalice in club football taking over from a man of Surralex's pedigree and inheriting a (frankly pretty poor) squad of big time charlies who all thought he was beneath them. The fans largely thought he was beneath them as well which is why it went south so much when the results were poor.
Ferguson was a genius to coax that last league championship out of them. Had the benefit of a few of the top teams being in enough of a state of flux to not really put enough pressure on him but that season they won a lot of games by the odd goal, often very late on. The team really wasn't that good. It was pure belief and Ferguson. He quit at the best possible time for his own reputation, and maybe the worst possible time for a successful transition of manager. Whoever took that job on was always going to have very little room for poor results.
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Moyes is a really great example of being given time. The big clubs want someone to come in and make an immediate impact but, given time, good quality managers will rebuild a club and do more with less.
Good luck getting United to give someone a few years to change things though...